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IADSA Says Micronutrient Deficiency Is a “Wake-up Call”
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has developed a new Mind the Gap resource highlighting the findings of a scientific review exposing the true extent of global malnutrition. The study, published in The Lancet, revealed that more than half of preschool-age children and over two thirds of non-pregnant women of reproductive age worldwide have ...
COSMOS-Mind Study Shows Promise for Multivitamins in Cognition
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded to the results of an ancillary study of the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study for the Mind (COSMOS-Mind) study conducted by the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Andrea ...
CRN Responds to Early Reporting on Vitamin D and COVID-19 Studies in British Medical Journal
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, responded to media reports about two newly published studies on vitamin D and COVID-19 in the British Medical Journal. Luke Huber, ND, vice president, CRN Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, stated “Two new studies from the British Medical ...
Study: Pycnogenol Helps Relieve Symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome
New scientific findings may offer hope and a natural solution to those who suffer from sensations of crawling, pulling, throbbing, aching and itching in the legs, often resulting in sleep disruption and the uncontrollable urge to move. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) impacts nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population and can lead to other health ...
Study Finds Potential for B Vitamins to Treat Advanced Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have uncovered a mechanism that leads to an advanced form of fatty liver disease—and it turns out that vitamin B12 and folic acid supplements could reverse this process, the scientists stated. These findings could help people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, an umbrella term for a range of ...
NPA, CRN Respond to Research Showing Supplements With Banned Ingredients are Still on the Market
A study recently published in JAMA by Pieter A. Cohen, MD; Bharathi Avula, PhD; and Kumar Katragunta, PhD, et al, has found that supplements with banned ingredients are still on the market despite the companies having received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The study stated that “Some dietary supplements are adulterated ...
The Eye of the Beholder: Vision Health in 2022
What can supplement retailers expect in the vision health segment now? When getting up in the morning, most people take for granted the sights around them. Seeing the alarm clock, the tree swaying outside one’s window or the cat at the end of the bed are just everyday occurrences. That isn’t the case for a ...
NOW Named Elite Winner of Chicago’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL) has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year as one of Chicago’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. This year is NOW’s first time being honored as an Elite Winner in the Employee Achievement and Recognition category. Fourteen Elite Chicago area companies were honored for demonstrating exceptionally innovative human resource ...
COVID-19 Patients Show Increased Levels of Oxidative Stress and Oxidant Damage, and Glutathione Deficiency
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) have investigated the effect of infection with COVID-19 on the levels of oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant. Compared to healthy age-matched individuals whose samples were taken before the pandemic started in 2019, patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had significantly increased levels of oxidative ...
VR Coronavirus Survey Shows Zinc Is Top-Seller During Pandemic;
Health Food Stores Face Significant Business Challenges Due To COVID-19
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year along with the resulting “shelter at home” and “social distancing” orders for U.S. citizens, health and natural food retailers have experienced (and reacted to) many challenges to their ability to service customers—and for some stores serious threats to the survival of their businesses. While natural ...
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